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he's currently on suicide watch. >>> president obama on a crusade now to curb gun violence. today he made his first trip outside the beltway pushing his new campaign. he was off to minneapolis, once nicknamed murder apolis because they had some shooting deaths. he praised the city's turn around achieved in part through tougher background checks and more men for at risk youth and offenders. that's what president obama hopes to see nationwide, but he will need the congress in his corner. >> i need everybody who's listening to keep the pressure on your member of congress to do the right thing. >> this is the first of several trips the president plans to make to hopefully put pressure on a sharply divided congress. >>> new tonight, a little breather for the nation, at least financially speaking. president obama has signed into law a bill that temporarily suspends the government's borrowing limit. that means we can actually pay our bills and avoid defaulting on those loans at least for a few more months. of course, all that does is set the stage for another political battle over
he's currently on suicide watch. >>> president obama on a crusade now to curb gun violence. today he made his first trip outside the beltway pushing his new campaign. he was off to minneapolis, once nicknamed murder apolis because they had some shooting deaths. he praised the city's turn around achieved in part through tougher background checks and more men for at risk youth and offenders. that's what president obama hopes to see nationwide, but he will need the congress in his corner....
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. >> president obama is calling on congress to stop massive automatic across the board spending cuts with a short-term fix. >> our economy right now is headed in the right direction. it will stay that way as long as there aren't anymore self- inflicted wounds coming out of washington. >> last year, congress and the president signed off on the automatic cuts to force themselves to deal with the nation's skyrocketing debt. the original deadline was january 1, and when they couldn't reach a larger budget deal then, they postponed to march 1. head off a hit to the fragile economy and work out a ten-year plan. >> we should give them a chance to come up with this budget instead of making cuts now that will cost us jobs and significantly slow down our recovery. >> the president continues to push an approach that includes spending cuts, but house speaker, john boehner, says tax hikes are out of the question. >> every month feels the same. high unemployment, a rise in our prizes and more debt for our kids and grandkids. >> he does not want another tech rare fix. some house republicans have in
. >> president obama is calling on congress to stop massive automatic across the board spending cuts with a short-term fix. >> our economy right now is headed in the right direction. it will stay that way as long as there aren't anymore self- inflicted wounds coming out of washington. >> last year, congress and the president signed off on the automatic cuts to force themselves to deal with the nation's skyrocketing debt. the original deadline was january 1, and when they...
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. >>> president obama was in minnesota yesterday promoting his gun control proposals. during a stop in minneapolis, the president said congress appears to be coming to a consensus on new background checks for gun buyers and also limiting those high capacity gun clips, the ammunition clips. he also wants them to pass an assault weapons ban. a bipartisan group of house members are going to introduce their own gun control legislation which could make gun trafficking a federal offense but it does not address the assault weapons in it. >>> the president also signed a bill into law which temporarily suspends the government's borrowing limit which means they can borrow more money to pay its debt to prevent on defaulting on loans at least for a few more months. but it sets the stage for another political battle over taxing and spending. >>> officials are now offering a theory as to what happened during the super bowl. shortly into the 3rd quarter, half the lights in the super dome went out. it brought the game to a screeching halt for 35 minutes. the system sensed an abnormali
. >>> president obama was in minnesota yesterday promoting his gun control proposals. during a stop in minneapolis, the president said congress appears to be coming to a consensus on new background checks for gun buyers and also limiting those high capacity gun clips, the ammunition clips. he also wants them to pass an assault weapons ban. a bipartisan group of house members are going to introduce their own gun control legislation which could make gun trafficking a federal offense but...
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president obama wants congress to act before it is too late. as danielle nottingham explains, the president is
president obama wants congress to act before it is too late. as danielle nottingham explains, the president is
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. >> reporter: president obama took his gun control message on the road. sitting down with law enforcement officials and community leaders in minneapolis. >> we don't have to agree on everything to agree it's time to do something. >> reporter: the president praised the minneapolis police department, pointing to the city's success in tackling gun violence. he's also trying to reach minnesota gun owners as he works to rally public support for his proposals to curb gun violence. >> i need everybody who's listening to keep the pressure on your member of congress to do the right thing. >> reporter: this is expected to be the first of several trips the president makes to put his plan outside washington. proposals for a new ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines are already meeting a lot of resistance on capitol hill. >> i have a hard time telling my constituents in texas that congress is looking at passing a whole raft of new laws when the laws that we currently have on the books are so woefully unenforced. >> reporter: outside groups on b
. >> reporter: president obama took his gun control message on the road. sitting down with law enforcement officials and community leaders in minneapolis. >> we don't have to agree on everything to agree it's time to do something. >> reporter: the president praised the minneapolis police department, pointing to the city's success in tackling gun violence. he's also trying to reach minnesota gun owners as he works to rally public support for his proposals to curb gun violence....
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. >>> president obama is pushing congress to act on his gun control proposals. during a stop in minnesota, the president said congress seems to be coming to a consensus on new background checks for gun buyers and limiting high capacity gun clips. but he says he also wants them to pass an assault weap upons ban. -- weapons ban. this afternoon a bipartisan group of house members will introduce their own gun control legislation that would make firearms trafficking a federal offense but it does not address assault weapons. >>> three high school buys charged with child -- boys charged with child pornography are back in school at west springfield high school. police arrested the three sophomores on january 11 and they're accused of making sex videos with other school age girls and sharing those videos. we're told the videos show six girls in all who attend several different schools. the case is still being investigated. >>> it 16:-- it is 6:06. jessica is back with another your money report. >> you may not have even realized this when you were actually tracking your m
. >>> president obama is pushing congress to act on his gun control proposals. during a stop in minnesota, the president said congress seems to be coming to a consensus on new background checks for gun buyers and limiting high capacity gun clips. but he says he also wants them to pass an assault weap upons ban. -- weapons ban. this afternoon a bipartisan group of house members will introduce their own gun control legislation that would make firearms trafficking a federal offense but it...